This product is horribly frustrating to use. The help documentation is extremely poor. Errors are not instructive. The autopopulation is ridiculously intrusive. The interface is buggy. Is your expectation that users got to "Retool University" to learn how to use this platform correctly?
Why can't I just build a simple CRUD form against a database without trying to skim through confusing docs? Is there not a wizard to do this? I gave up and built it in React/Next in about 20 minutes after spending hours trying to get data bindings to work in Retool. I thought this was supposed to be an easier way to do it than writing a bunch of React logic. ChatGPT can't even figure it out.
Hello @FR100, welcome to the Community! I’m really sorry to hear about your experience with Retool. I hear your frustration and truly empathize with you. I want you to know that we in the Retool Community are here for you and happy to help!
Would you be open to sharing what you’re trying to build at the moment? That would give me a better sense of how to guide you in the right direction.
If your schedule allows, we’d love for you to join our Office Hours. Think of it as a friendly live debugging session where you can get real-time help from the Retool team and other developers, and every question is welcome! Our next Office Hours is on Tuesday, August 12 from 2PM–3PM EST, and we host them twice a week, Tuesdays and Thursdays!
I hope this helps, and again, I’m @ChiEn and always happy to help!
Not sure if you noticed the thousands upon thousands of other posts here of folks working things out, asking questions, and accomplishing something.
Retool is extremely powerful and functional. You appear to have spent exactly zero time learning how to use it. And there is a lot it can do. Complex tools have step learning curves. Simple tools do not. Retool is not a simple tool. That you have no patience to learn it is hardly worth posting about here.
